Agriculture committee  Madam Chair, members of committee, thank you for inviting me here today to share with you Bayer's view on the proposed regulatory action on imidacloprid with respect to aquatic invertebrate safety and its potential impact on segments of production agriculture in Canada. Bayer is

Agriculture committee  I think what you described are pieces of the puzzle that describe the story. We work through a series of tiered risk assessments, starting with the very most fundamental, controlled, in-lab types of studies, which give us direction as to what we should look for at the next level.

Agriculture committee  Yes, absolutely.

Agriculture committee  Our experience has been that when the government was going to make a regulatory proposal, we had the opportunity to discuss that with them. In this case, the discussion did not take place prior to publication of the proposal.

Agriculture committee  I believe the label as it stands today is fit for use. It provides adequate direction to growers. When used according to the label direction, it poses no undue risk.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for the question and the opportunity to respond. I think first and foremost we would like to see the PMRA consider more of the data that is available than what is currently in their decision. There is a wealth of data out there that wasn't part of this decisi

Agriculture committee  If I may, I'd like to answer that in three parts. First of all, we constantly look at new innovation for the marketplace. We're constantly trying to introduce new technologies that better serve Canadian production agriculture, be it chemistry, trait development, or biologicals.

Agriculture committee  The—

Agriculture committee  I'm in touch with my U.S. colleagues on a weekly basis, as are other colleagues of mine here in Canada. The difference between the action taken by the PMRA versus the EPA is that the EPA has come out and said it wants to enter into a consultation prior to putting out a proposal t

Agriculture committee  We're actively participating in the mitigation round table. To be honest, we disagree with the threshold values and we disagree that there's an issue. It's hard to mitigate an issue that we don't believe exists.

Agriculture committee  Yes, Bayer CropScience will have a submission in by March 23.

Agriculture committee  Honourable members of the standing committee, it's a pleasure to join you today. Thank you for the opportunity to speak about advancements in our agricultural industry to support Canada's ambitious target of $75 billion in agrifood exports by 2025. I represent Bayer CropScience.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for the comments. I think I'm in complete agreement with everything you said. At Bayer we've recently undertaken two steps to try to address these very concerns. First, I'd like to speak to a global initiative we've undertaken that we refer to as our “transpa

Agriculture committee  Yes. We have a very good relationship with many of the trade offices around the world. I would highlight our role in Brussels. I would also highlight the input we have had, the opportunity to contribute to trade missions, particularly China. Certainly the government has been ver

Agriculture committee  Quickly on the honey bee health topic, we take honey bee health very seriously. We're the single largest contractor of pollination services in Canada. Without bees, our business would be at jeopardy, so we spend a lot of time trying to understand it and making investment in ensur